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[–] Sergio@piefed.social 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This but with bogs: "A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes." -Nicky Santoro, "Casino"

[–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've heard that it is actually almost impossible to dig a hole in the ground around Las Vegas because a couple inches down it becomes solid rock. Most of those problems were tossed in a lake.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

US Government: Impounds Colorado River

Mafia: "Well would you look at that. Someone put this nice lake here just for us."

“Anytime you have a body in a barrel, clearly there was somebody else involved,”

That's some fine police work, Johansson. You just earned your Christmas bonus.